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LAHORE, March 13: Four favourites in a card of six won the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday.
The punters had a a happy beginning when the odds-on favourite bay colt Bach View had an easy sailing by five lengths over Little Master in the first race of the afternoon.
Second race was feature event and was claimed by half-money favourite bay Royal Strength to give the filly her second consecutive victory. She is owned by Makhdoom Syed Raza Shah. The winner beat the chestnut horse Rukhsh by three lengths. Fair Boy and Zargar completed the board among eleven runners left-in the field after the withdrawal of Mon Soon and Royal Prosper.
The biggest disappointment for punters’ came in third race in which the rank-outsider bay gelding Thank You Dear beat the even-money public fancy Tiger’s Wood by two lengths. The favourites Nijinsky and Prince Of Peace won the fourth and fifth races, respectively.
However, long-shot chestnut gelding Crysler won the sixth and last race of the day, upsetting all calculations. In this event, the fancied bay colt Royal Gamble ran below expectations to be beaten by a big margin of nine lengths. Crysler had run off the board in his last outing on March 10 (Sunday).
Meanwhile, the Jockey Club Of Pakistan (JCP) has approved action taken by the Lahore Race Club (LRC) to disqualify six animals from March 2 and not allow them to run in races meant for the Pakistani thoroughbreds and half-breds.
The disqualified animals are: four-year-old colt Steal The Show, three-year-old filly Sweet Touch, three-year- old colt Speed Star, mare Four Aces, mare Song Of Peace and Fancy Light.
Following are the results:
MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VI & VII 6 FURS:
Bach View (Riaz-ul-Haq Qureshie) 9-4 Shahzad Iqbal 1. Little Master 9-3 Khurrum Sheikh 2. Rocket Fuel 8-4 Khalil Vicky 3. Copper Fields 9-0 Tehseen Hussain 4. (Only 15 ran).
Won by 5 L, 1 1/2 L, Distance.
Time one minute 21 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Akhtar Mir.
MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION IV & V 6 FURS:
Royal Strength (Makhdoom Syed Raza Shah) 7-10 Qamar Zaman 1. Rukhsh 8-7 Mubarik Ali 2. Fair Boy 8-2 A. Imran 3. Zargar 7-10 Iqbal Khan 4. (Only 11 ran).
Won by 3 L, 4 1/4 L, 4 L.
Time one minute 18 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Zahid Khan.
MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VII & VIII 6 FURS:
Thank You Dear (Zeeshan Ayub) 8-6 A. Imran 1. Tiger’s Wood 9-2 Shahid Mustafa 2. Pappa Jan 7-13 Kamran 3. Densee 9-4 Ishtiaq Ali 4. (Only 16 ran).
Won by 2 L, 1 1/2 L, 1 1/2 L.
Time one minute 20 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Ayub Butt.
MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VIII (B) 6 FURS:
Nijinsky (Mohammad Iqbal Chaudhry) 9-2 Shahid Mustafa 1. Big Star 8-1 Khalid 2. Free Lancer 8-9 Arshad 3. Noor Bakht 7-13 Qamar Zaman 4. (All 15 ran).
Won by 5 1/2 L, 3 1/2 L, 2 L.
Time one minute 22 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by the owner.
MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION V & VI 6 FURS:
Prince Of Peace (Amir Khan) 8-9 M. Jehangir 1. Thank You Boss 8-12 Waqas Sheikh 2. Loveliest 8-12 Zulfi 3. Keep In Step 8-12 A. Imran 4. (Only 14 ran).
Won by 2 L, Distance, 8 L.
Time one minute 19 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by M. Shafiq.
MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION V (A) 6 FURS:
Crysler (Mohammad Rashid) 8-13 Javed Iqbal 1. Royal Gamble 8-3 Qamar Zaman 2. Rehmat Ka Phool 7-11 Kamran Hussain 3. Iram State 9-0 Khalid Hussain (II) 4. (Only 15 ran).
Won by 9 L, 1/2 L, 1 1/2 L.
Time one minute 18 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Raja Temasab Khan.
